Comments on: The Reliability of Internet News http://www.zackrippy.com/2006/03/15/the-reliability-of-internet-news/ Sat, 14 May 2011 00:59:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David Russell http://www.zackrippy.com/2006/03/15/the-reliability-of-internet-news/comment-page-1/#comment-37 David Russell Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:43:39 +0000 http://www.zackrippy.com/2006/03/15/the-reliability-of-internet-news/#comment-37 I think you summed up the issues of modern information distribution very nicely. To me, sites like digg and other social sites could even have a slight upper hand against inaccurate information, in that once a story is found to contain inaccuracies, the community can issue a response and correction, often more notable that the corrections issued in tiny print at the bottom of the D section of the newspaper, or at the end of a newscast. I think specifically about the Steve Mallett story that was tracked by the digg community. (http://diggtheblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/steve-mallett-digg-code.html) Great post, Zack. It's up to us to be the filter for the good and bad information we're presented with. There's plenty of both, ready for consumption every second of the day. :) I think you summed up the issues of modern information distribution very nicely.

To me, sites like digg and other social sites could even have a slight upper hand against inaccurate information, in that once a story is found to contain inaccuracies, the community can issue a response and correction, often more notable that the corrections issued in tiny print at the bottom of the D section of the newspaper, or at the end of a newscast. I think specifically about the Steve Mallett story that was tracked by the digg community. (http://diggtheblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/steve-mallett-digg-code.html)

Great post, Zack. It’s up to us to be the filter for the good and bad information we’re presented with. There’s plenty of both, ready for consumption every second of the day. :)

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